• Monthly press note on India’s foreign trade.Monthly press note / press conference on India’s foreign trade data.
• Monitoring and review of trade performance.
• Analysis of overall trends in India’s foreign trade.
• Matters relating to the SDDS data base of the IMF.
• Coordination and providing input for inclusion in the Economic Survey by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
• Providing inputs for the chapter on “Trends in India’s Foreign Trade” of the Annual Report of the Department of Commerce.
• Providing information for inclusion in the “Reference India” publication of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
• Providing information for PIB Year-End Review.
• Monthly D.O. to Cabinet Secretary.
• Preparation of monthly major achievements of the Department of Commerce for uploading to the Department’s website.
• Providing input and tendering advice to other Divisions on economic aspects of various proposals.
• Import Monitoring Cell:
• Monitoring and analysis of monthly commodity-wise and country-wise import data for surges and raising alerts to the concerned divisions of the DoC and Departments/ Ministries.
• To flag the consistently surge items of import for enhancing domestic capacity.
• Study the overall import basket through an annual position paper.

The following Officers/Officials are working in EPL-I Section (Economic Division) as on date:

Annual Report of the Department of Commerce

• Coordination, compilation, editing and finalization of material of Annual Report of the Department of Commerce and timely laying in the parliament.

Key Macro Economic Indicators (MEI)

• Compilation of monthly Key Macro Economic Indicators for internal circulation to senior officers and uploading on the Department’s website.

Preparation of Presentations

• Preparation of presentations for Review Meetings on Global economy and international trade outlook.

Misc.

• Technical advice to other Divisions on Economic aspects of various proposals/issues
• Parliament questions for inputs
• Preparation of various Monthly and quarterly reports and RTI
• Public Grievance
• State: Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura
• Ministry: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Department of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Development of Northern States

Commissioning of research as required on international trade and global economy.

Providing of inputs for speeches/briefs and reports on international trade and global economy.